Dissolving the Ego of Fashion

Engaging with Human Matters

The Fashion Professorship aims to rethink the cracks in the fashion system and the role that fashion plays – and could potentially play – in relation to urgent social, cultural, environmental and political developments in contemporary society. We envision an alternative and more engaged future of fashion in which we do more justice to fashion’s human dimension. Through research, design and critical thinking, we analyse and develop alternative approaches, systems, vocabularies and strategies. In doing so, we aim to activate the power of fashion to reimagine future bodies, future materials and future makers to contribute to resilient futures and inclusive societies.

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Research

Reading Group 'Practice of Commoning'

Inspired by David Bollier’s work on ‘the commons’ (2014), the ArtEZ Fashion Masters and Fashion Professorship initiated a Reading Group on ‘Practices of Commoning’ - a study group to read, feel, share thoughts, and develop deeper insights on ‘the commons’.

Frequency of encounters: The Commons Reading Group will meet once in every month on Thursday afternoon, from 14.00-17.00h.

- First encounter: September 20, 2018

- Second encounter: October 11, 2018

- Third encounter: November 22, 2018

- Fourth encounter: December 20, 2018

- Fifth encounter: January 10, 2019

- Sixth encounter: February 21, 2019

- Seventh encounter: March 14, 2019

We are planning to host and organize a gathering of everyone involved in Arnhem in June 2019.